About Us

Overview

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients.

We achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed. We deliver consistent services across our platform of practices and sectors in all matters we undertake.

Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies. They include more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 or their subsidiaries. We also advise governments and public sector bodies.

DLA Piper is committed to pro bono that supports access to justice and rule of law around the world. The hours our lawyers around the world have committed to initiatives in education, human rights, nonprofits and charity law, juvenile justice and veterans support, among many others, demonstrates our commitment.

Responsible Business

At DLA Piper we are committed to contributing to the wellbeing of communities around the world.

We encourage our lawyers to do pro bono work that is meaningful, impactful and supports those in need. New Perimeter, our nonprofit, provides pro bono legal assistance in under-served regions around the world to support access to justice, social and economic development and sound legal institutions.

Our Break Into Law project is a worldwide initiative focused on removing barriers to employment within the legal profession, while we have pledged $6.5m over the course of our three-year partnership with Unicef to improve child justice.

Diversity and Inclusion

At DLA Piper, diversity, inclusion and equality are a part of how we live our values. We are one of the world's largest law firms, with lawyers and staff in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Our people reflect the diversity of our clients and the many communities and markets where we work.

With offices worldwide, our efforts to understand, value and incorporate differences are woven into our culture. We are on a journey and, like most law firms, we still have some distance to travel. But with strategic approaches within our geographic regions, we're making great progress. Visit our diversity and inclusion website to learn more:

History

In 2005 DLA Piper became one of the largest business law firms in the world through a merger of unprecedented scope. The strategy was simple – to create a truly global firm capable of handling the most important legal needs of clients wherever they do business.

Building strong client relationships is the compass for our business strategy and future development. We are grateful for the support of our clients, our people and our communities, all of which have made it possible for us to celebrate the milestones and achievements that make up our evolving history. To share a bit of our story with you, we invite you to view our historical timeline.

In Australia

DLA Piper in Australia is a full service business law firm providing clients with an extensive breadth and depth of service across four capital cities nationally.

As trusted legal advisors to approximately a third of the ASX 100 companies or their subsidiaries and all levels of government, we take great pride in our reputation as a firm that is friendly, accessible and easy to do business with. It is our priority to spend time with our clients, getting to know them so that we can understand their businesses and provide strategic and innovative legal solutions that are practical and commercially focused.

Reconciliation Action Plan

DLA Piper’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) outlines the ways in which we as a firm will advance reconciliation, using our skills, resources and influence to achieve greater justice and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

It has been created under the guidance of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander partner organisations and endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

Our desire to support and advance reconciliation is a reflection of our inclusive culture based on respect for all people, celebrating diversity, and creating opportunities for people to achieve their potential, regardless of their background.

Our first Reconciliation Action Plan was launched in 2012, and since then DLA Piper has:

Provided pro bono legal support to the value of more than $1.5 million

Partnered with CareerTrackers to create internship placements for students in our Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney offices

Sent nine secondees to remote communities with the Arts Law Centre of Australia’s Artists in the Black program, providing legal advice and supporting the intellectual property rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists

Donated more than $50,000 to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations across Australia.

As a leading business law firm, our greatest strength is our ability to improve access to justice, to use the skills of our lawyers and professional staff in high-impact pro bono work, and to advocate for policy and law reform.

A key focus for our pro bono practice in our current RAP is supporting the Change the Record campaign to help reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration rates.

DLA Piper's RAP provides inspiration and opportunities for collaboration within our firm, our networks and among other like-minded organisations in Australia.

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.